Download or read book Let Me Hold You Longer written by Karen Kingsbury and published by Tyndale House Pub. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhyming text encourages parents to savor not only their children's "firsts"--like first steps and first words--but the "lasts" as well.

Download or read book Senior Year written by Dan Shaughnessy and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author chronicles his son's senior year of high school baseball, the boy's obsession with and talent for sports, and his efforts to keep his grades up while deciding what college to attend and avoiding problems until graduation.

Download or read book Clueless Senior Year written by Amber Benson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haven't got your hands on the newest installment of this 90's teen phenomenon? As if! Your favorite girls from Beverly Hills are back in an all-new adventure! It’s senior year and Cher, Dionne, and Tai find themselves in a bit of a crisis of self… Where are they meant to go, and what are they meant to DO after high school? Luckily they have all year—and each other’s help—to figure it out!

Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Download or read book How Not to Spend Your Senior Year written by Cameron Dokey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rule #1: If at all possible, don’t pretend to be something you’re not. Specifically, don’t play dead. Trust me on this one. I did it, so I should know. Jo O’Connor has spent her whole life moving around. When it comes to new schools, there’s not a trick in the book about starting over that Jo doesn’t know. But life is about to teach her a new trick: how to disappear entirely. Rule #2: Always expect the Spanish Inquisition, no matter what anyone else does. They have to move again. Now. This very night. Jo knows better than to argue. Her dad is the key witness in a major case against a big-time bad guy. But Jo just can’t resist one last visit to the school where she’s been so happy. All she wants is to say good-bye. That can’t cause any problems, can it? Rule #3: Never assume you can predict the future. Now Jo’s one last visit has landed her smack in the middle of a ghost story. Specifically, her own. By the time it’s over, she’ll have a whole new set of rules about what’s real, what’s make-believe, and—most of all—what’s important.

Download or read book You Had Me in Stitches written by Mary Delacerda and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The day of my surgery, my doctor asked, 'Any special requests?' 'Hey, can you make me look like Julia Roberts when I wake up!' Which breast? The one with the wire hanging out! As we were getting back to my room a nurse passed by and said, 'I just have to tell you that I like your pajamas better this year than last year!' Am I here so often that they know my buy-a-new-pair-of-pajamas-policy each time I have surgery? Thirteen surgeries in seven years and the word cancer were not going to keep Mary from stumbling upon joy. She found comfort in the Bible and the special verse God gave her from the onset of her diagnosis. Tears weren't necessary when even in stitches He had her in stitches! Follow Mary's journey through as she recounts the good, the bad, the ugly, and even the funny in You Had Me In Stitches: A Breast Cancer Survivor Story.

Download or read book Grown and Flown written by Lisa Heffernan and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.

Download or read book Thank you for Smiling written by Soul Singh and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandoned, abused and discarded by her mother, Alma Perez tried to keep her family together. Caring for her younger siblings, Alma embarks on many adventures that caused her to grow up fast and without much hope. Once in foster care, Alma learned how to defy the stereotypes surrounding her life circumstance and adamantly strove to find her purpose. Learning was her strength and the note from a teacher gave her her humanity.

Download or read book The Happiness Hypothesis written by Jonathan Haidt and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most brilliant and lucid analysis of virtue and well-being in the entire literature of positive psychology. For the reader who seeks to understand happiness, my advice is: Begin with Haidt." —Martin E.P. Seligman, University of Pennsylvania and author of Authentic Happiness The Happiness Hypothesis is a book about ten Great Ideas. Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that has been discovered by several of the world's civilizations—to question it in light of what we now know from scientific research, and to extract from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives and illuminate the causes of human flourishing. Award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt shows how a deeper understanding of the world's philosophical wisdom and its enduring maxims—like "do unto others as you would have others do unto you," or "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger"—can enrich and transform our lives.

Download or read book Memoirs of a Blue Baby written by Cathy Schwertly-Mcnamara and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-12-10 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an autobiography detailing the struggles I have experienced with acongenital heart defect. It has been reported to me that my heart conditionis one of the worse cases of tetra logy of Fallot the doctor's have ever seen. This book provides inspiration, suppport and some medical information for heart patients and their loved ones.

Download or read book A Research Perspective written by Nan Li and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All educators in teacher education want to know what factors contribute to the academic success of undergraduate education majors or pre-service teachers. Teacher educators of eight universities across the state of South Carolina were determined to find out. This compilation is a result of their inquiry. The conclusions of this book are drawn from the contributors and each chapter helps expand teacher educator readers’ understanding and informs their practice as they work with initial certification students in educator preparation. A Research Perspective promotes the academic success of pre-service teachers by exploring common research questions posed to education majors of the eight universities in South Carolina. Ranging from historically Black to predominately White, from private to public universities across the state, these institutions serve a diverse body of students who described some insightful contributing factors and challenges to their success. The case scenario begins each chapter that provides contextual snapshots of the myriad choices and obstacles faced by pre-service teachers; the research narratives offer insightful analysis for teacher educators. Though written from the perspective of South Carolina, the lessons learned and recommendations for teacher education are relevant to any state. This is a must-read for all teacher educators interested in student success. This book is most interesting to members of teacher education organizations, especially the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) and its 41 state and regional affiliates, including South Carolina Association of Teacher Educators (SCATE) and Southeast Regional Association of Teacher Educators (SRATE). It also has wide appeal to members of other professional organizations, such as National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) and American Educational Research Association (AERA). Finally, it’s a good choice for professional learning communities of district personnel and classroom teachers since it provides insights that will strengthen mentoring and support systems provided to student teachers.

Download or read book What Next written by Ronald L. Puckett and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-10-26 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT NEXT When you tell the truth it is easy to remember what had happened because that is what you saw while you were there. My father had been in the Korean war, the chosen few. He raised three boys and one little girl by himself after mom had left when I was six years old. We boys had been raised like little marines, white shirt, black pants, white socks, black shoes, and march in a straight line and say yes sir, no sir, yes mam, no mam, with burr haircuts and well mannered. As we boys new about the woodshed if we miss behaved. But dad let it be known that Laura my little sister was to be the princess and cannot be touched. This, like anyone’s life has to start somewhere, this book is what happened to me on the road of life.

Download or read book Young Mobsters written by Bryant Keith and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its the mid eighties and they call him ColoDog, born in Chicago as Columbus George. His name is too distinctive, to be a working criminal in the hood. He needed a handle for street guys. He falls in with a group of thieves and killers on 169th St, and created havoc. All of the boys have two commonalities. No father in the household, facing hard lifes decisions and fallen dreams. Columbus family and some friends dont trust him, because hes has the thief tag. Colo doesnt steal from family and friends. Colo knows the numbers. He knows growing up Black, doesnt put life odds in your favor. His parent kicked him out. Now hes living in snake alley in his broken down car. He goes to his street family, family for help, GDs and BDs mothers looked out.. He wakes from his wickedness when Mrs. Bilkins who lives on Calumet, foretells his future. She sees him being a bum or in jail. He could sell dope, but the dope man wont let him. The dope man is Mrs. Bilkins son. ColoDogs weed game will not provide housing, food and clothes. He entertains going down a pathway he said hed never go! Let see what Colo does, while facing broken dreams, tragedies and strife? He still has an enormous will, to survive his predicament. He goes to Yahweh for his answers!!!

Download or read book Journeys of Black Women in Academe written by Brenda L. Walker and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-28 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journeys of Black Women in Academe provides lessons that are instructive to faculty and administrators across race and gender boundaries relative to the successes and challenges that African American women continue to experience in academia.

Download or read book Transitions written by John W Anderson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers stories of transformations, which occurred to the land, people, and communities of the anthracite coal region in general and Mt. Carmel in particular. It tells how Eastern Europeans were recruited by giant railroad companies to work (and often die) in their dangerous mines. It also shows how these people who were at first alienated by their new surroundings soon developed confidence and pride in their work, and built a supportive community that survived the boom and bust of anthracite mining. The Deppen Scholars share how they followed their ancestors' path as they first experienced alienation, then gained the confidence to ultimately graduate with pride from Bucknell University. "This is a fine job. There is nothing quite like this study, which is a contemporary interdisciplinary case study that cuts across history, sociology and education while mixing a bit of the economics of de-industrialization." -Dr. Kenneth Wolensky, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission "Thoroughly enjoyable. You let the Deppens speak for themselves without trying to over-analyze their underlying motivations. An interesting exploration of the emergence of class consciousness. We didn't feel poor in Mt. Carmel so class consciousness resulted from our interactions at Bucknell and beyond. We appreciate your good, hard work and for having it read more like a novel than a treatise!" -Julie Corrigan, Deppen Scholar, Bucknell , class of 1986 "An engaging exploration of transformations-geological, economic, cultural-presented in the context of a caring professor's quest to understand and connect with the people of a small Pennsylvania anthracite town." -Dennis Baumoll, Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Bucknell University

Download or read book Coming Through written by Franklin K. Mathiews and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book My Senior Year written by Michael Fitzgibbons and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-12-20 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hey! I’m John Sullivan, a recent high school graduate who collected his thoughts and dreams and hopes and fears and all kinds of other stuff in a year-long diary through his senior year. When I finished on graduation day, I realized I had quite a collection, as a matter of fact, I had more than 400 pages! So I thought about it and realized that it had a beginning, a middle, and an end, so therefore it told a complete story, which I think might be a book if I remember my sophomore literature class correctly. I am NOT saying it is literature (ha-ha), but I do think it is a book. That is where you come in. I don’t think it is much of a book if I’m the only one who reads it. It is just a diary then, that will remain on the floppy disk in my computer desk in my bedroom. Instead, you could read it. And tell me what you think. And then I will know if I should have left it in that computer desk. Or not. If you do read it, you’ll find that I didn’t leave anything out, even the stuff that might embarrass me. I could even still get into some trouble about some of it, but I think I’m ok because I don’t think my parents will want to read it because they were there for almost all of it, so it would be a rerun for them. I don’t think reruns are bad, but they already lived through this once, so they probably don’t want to get all upset allover again. So, go ahead and click away. It was an adventure for me – come on along for the ride! John Sullivan is right. This is quite an undertaking for a senior in high school. But that is what it is – a diary, a coming of age novel, a satire, and, incredibly, a love story. It is a unique look at one of the most important developmental periods in a person’s life.